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Council weighs full-time emergency manager after staff cites over 2,000 hours of emergency-management needs
Summary
Staff said ongoing emergency-management work totals roughly 2,000 hours with 683 billed so far for consultants; council asked staff to explore a full-time town employee, consultant options, and cost-sharing with the Fire District and neighboring Los Altos, and to return with funding and partnership proposals.
City staff told the council that emergency-management responsibilities—prevention and mitigation, preparedness (EOC readiness, training), response coordination and grant administration—now constitute ongoing, repetitive work beyond the capacity of a part-time consultant. The city manager reviewed a list of deliverables and estimated over 2,000 hours of work had been identified, of which…
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